Day Cares

Well, it is official! All of my "babies" are in daycare. They don't go to the same one, but both day cares are very good.

Mason started in Imagination Station the week after his mommy, Joanne, returned to work. The first week back they were fortunate to have her mother stay with them. Joanne was not excited about daycare because she always thought of them as having "snotty nose kids" and "germs". Because I used to run a daycare, she knew that I thought differently about them. I think that she wanted to please me, so we had a couple of day cares lined up and a couple of private sitters to interview as well. So, I took off for the day and we went looking. The first day care that we went into was Imagination Station. It was a new facility and everyone was great! We ended up putting up a deposit to hold the spot and went on with our search. After a day of searching we knew that we were going with the first one! They have been so good with him and Joanne says that he is so smart because every day he has pictures that he has colored, pasted or painted. She laughs and says that she feels like a "bad mother" because she can't give him that much attention at home. LOL And, oh yeah, as for the germs...... this is the first week that he has been out sick. So, he made it several months in good shape!

As for Haylee and Rylee, they were blessed to have a private sitter, Sara, watch them since they were born. She has been outstanding and I believe that Rylee is so smart because Sara spent so much time with her. Not to mention that she also has older children of her own to show her the ropes. And Haylee is following in her sister footsteps. But, with some personal issues going on her life it is hard for her to continue to babysit. Mitch and Amy chose Collina Kids for their girls to attend. This was the 2nd daycare that Joanne and I checked into. It was also a top notch daycare and is closer for Mitch and Amy. Plus the fact that Amy's friend Sarah is the Assistant Director there.

This is the first week in daycare for them and for Haylee it has been great. She seems happy and can adjust. Rylee is having a little separation anxiety when she is dropped off. But, the teacher says that she is doing good during the day. She hasn't had any "potty accidents" and seems to love all of the activities.

I am sure that in no time at all it will be like a second home for them. No, scratch that........the second home is always at Mimi's! It can be their third home!